a lively collection of random musings from the mind of a webgeek

a lively collection of random musings from the mind of a webgeek

kids

I had the distinct displeasure of sitting within listening distance of a family at dinner tonight. My ears were assailed with the most incredulous conversation regarding tattoos I have heard in a long time. Living in the south as I do, I should know better than to think the intelligence […]

Just to weigh in on this craziness floating around the internet. I think Santa is a nice fantasy for kids. Just like the easter bunny and the tooth fairy. Should a child ask the direct question is Santa Claus real? The answer should be that he is a fantasy character […]

I was talking with a friend at lunch today. We were discussing the various marketing strategies employed by restaurants to attract their assumed target customers. The topic of older McDonald’s marketing in the form of funny characters came up. They were supposedly intended to attract children. Based on McDonald’s position […]

It’s that time of year again. The gloriously hedonistic annual jaunt through that labyrinth filled with religious land mines called XMAS. As I get older I have noticed that I loath xmas more and more each year. I find that as soon as the turkey is all gobbled up, my mind […]

I love movies. Its no surprise that I just spent a large portion of my last week of vacation watching them. i watched a movie a day for 9 days and on one day I watched 2. i simply love the feeling of getting lost in a fantasy world. I, like most other […]

So I had another friend ask me what the best solution for large scalable backups would be. I get this question often and my answer usually is that it’s always dependent on the situation. One would think that a portable hard drive would be the way to go […]

Hasenpfeffer is German for “hare-pepper,” or peppered hare, and is a famous game dish in Germany. Serve it with spätzle dumplings or with boiled or mashed potatoes and blaukraut (braised red cabbage). It always makes me think of easter. It’s been a while since I posted anything regarding my beliefs. […]

I am not just a computer geek but I am a geek on many levels. I am a beer geek, a music geek, a high-definition geek, a book geek, and I finally a movie geek. Lately I have been admiring the folks that bring the movies I love to life. […]

Happy Saturnalia! It’s that time of year again. It’s the Most Ignorant Time of the year. We have come to that time of year when the xtians complain about the secular war on “their” holiday. My kids and I have to endure the dirty looks, snide comments and general inconsiderate natures […]

I find that I post a lot during the Fall months. It’s really because I LOVE this time of year. I wont make this post too complicated. I just wanted to write a bit about my favorite fall things. New TV Season starts. The […]

I am a self professed music and MP3 snob. I love almost all kinds. I believe that somewhere in my 120 GB collection I have every genre and every style of tunes one can possibly imagine. I love collecting music. Recently I had a pretty dramatic hard disk failure and […]

Went on a one day one night tour of St. Louis this past weekend. It was a long drive but a friend of mine actually did the driving. It’s an interesting story so I’ll share it with you. I feel like sharing. Jamie Palsgrove used to be a coworker friend […]